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Dont really want to but i think it will be for the best.

Few financial blunders recently have really put me in it at the moment...

Its going to take me at least 3 months to get this car on the road because of them and i dont think i can really have it sitting there for that long costing me money.

Im trying to decide what i should do... sell it whole or sell it in peices. Its got so many aftermarket parts on it that i could probably make more than what i paid for it to this point but it would probably be easier to sell it as a whole for what ive paid for it right now.

Might pull the 18s off it and put them on th soarer and put the soarer wheels on the ceffy and sell it like that :D

This is basically what needs to be done to get it on the road.

-Adjust the suspension to a legal height (has coilovers which are currently wound as low as they go)

-Repair the front bar (its a genuine monkey magic one so no point in wasting it :))

-Repair the rear bar (same as above)

-Put a catback on it

-Side intrution bars

-Remove the rollcage

-Add rear child restraints

-Smaller wheels (enter the soarer wheels :))

-Unleaded filler nozzle thing

And thats about all i can think of.

Would make a nice track car... then you wouldnt have to worry about doing anything to it to road register it but who would honestly buy it for that?

Meh... i need to think about whats to be.

I know once its sorted out i will be on the look out for another car.. more than likely a 4DR R32 or another ceffy.

OH MY GOD - you didn't count on these things when you got it?

Don't do something you'll regret - and shop around for cheaper compliance or do it yourself if thats whats killing you.

Otherwise if you must and do end up selling it in parts I'll buy the cage :D

... BUT NOOOOOO!!!

LOL nah thats not whats the issue... it will just take me about 3 months or so before i can get it on the road... i have other issues which have popped up that are puting me in a tough spot right now financially :D

having a fair idea and the actual cost is a different story... i dont mind posting what i have paid for it to get to my door and i dont mind posting up the invoices which come to 17k.

btw dont mistake this as im desperate to get rid of it for any less than what i paid for it because someones trying to get a bargain... cause im not and nor will i.

more thinking out loud and getting ideas from others.

BLAH!!! What are you thinking crazy man! Just get a dodgy compliance!!! :D

BTW my compliance cost $1200, and I had the intrusion bars rivitted in, not welded in, so they had to be redesigned.

yea cause seriously inark you've got quite the machine there you and meggala have probably the best ceffy's in Australia atm would sad to see it go but didn't you consider all teh costs that you would have to go through to comply it and road register it before the purchase? or did personal things get in the way of funding what you knew you had to do with the car?

yea cause seriously inark you've got quite the machine there you and meggala have probably the best ceffy's in Australia atm would sad to see it go but didn't you consider all teh costs that you would have to go through to comply it and road register it before the purchase? or did personal things get in the way of funding what you knew you had to do with the car?

a few things came up after purchasing the car :rofl:

cant get em here from anywhere i know of... ive checked everywhere and yet to find one in australia.

im going to have to do some extensive repairs to that front bar and i think i'll only use it for shows and stuff. I need to track down a cheap autech one to stick on for the moment.

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